Working time and the impact of policy institutions: Reforming the overtime hours law and regulation

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 522-541

  Golden, Lonnie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory time; Fair Labor Standards Act; Labor supply; Overtime; Social economics; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001579744     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769800000048     Document Type: Article

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